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The article focuses on the debut of the MTV Arabia television channel which was seen in the Middle East in November of 2007. A discussion of the channel's offerings, and of the difficulties which channels featuring Western content face when attempting to broadcast to a Muslim audience, is presented. The channel's operating management, which involves MTV and Dubai based Tecom Investments, is discussed.

This article reports that Muslims in the Middle East praised U.S. President Barack Obama for the tone of his speech which he made on June 4, 2009 in Cairo, Egypt. It notes that the reaction of the Muslims to the substance of Obama's speech was mixed. Ahmed Farouk, a 25-year-old Muslim man from Cairo said that Obama seems to be committed and serious man. Sadiki Hamisi Halfani of Kenya said that he was struck by Obama's reference to Jerusalem as a town of the children of Abraham, whom Jews, Christians and Muslims consider as prophets.

The article reports on the initiative of U.S. President Barack Obama to strengthen American foreign policy towards the Middle East, which will be highlighted in his speech addressed to the Muslim world in Cairo, Egypt on June 2, 2009. The scheduled speech is part of Obama's outreach to Muslims which started in his inaugural presidential address, his speech to the Turkish parliament and a video message to the people of Iran. Speculation on whether Obama will meet with democracy activists in Egypt is mentioned.

The article reports that counterterrorism officials in the U.S. and the Middle East who shut down Islamic charities that they accused of funding terrorist organizations are targeting a second constellation of such groups. Since 2001, little evidence has emerged that directly connects charities to individual acts of terrorism. It states many Muslim Americans opposed the moves against the organizations.

The author discusses the declining political influence of Islamist parties in the Middle East. He relates that despite vast financial support to the Islamic group, United Assembly for Action, votes for the party decreased to 3% in Pakistan's election. He reports that no Islamist party won a majority of the popular vote in Muslim countries where reasonably fair elections are held. The author concludes that supporting democracy in the Muslim world is the only credible way to win against terrorism.

The article presents views on the attitudes of British Muslims on the Middle East crisis.

Reports on Middle Eastern families of men who traveled to Afghanistan to join radical Islamic fighters. Fears among families that they will not see them again; Example of Hadi Enezi, a Kuwaiti man who took his teenaged son and went to Afghanistan to fight for the Taliban.